Dutch–English dictionary

opluchting

A reduction or decrease of something harmful or unpleasant.

opluisteren

(intransitive, now, _, rare) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.

opmaak

(computing) The notation that is used to indicate the meaning of the elements in an electronic document, or to dictate how text should be displayed.

opmaken

(intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.

opmerkelijk

Worthy of note; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished. [from 14th c.]

opmerkelijke

The condition of being salient.

opmerken

(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.

opmerkenswaardig

Worthy of note; significant.

opmerking

(obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.

opmerkzaam

Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.

opname

(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]

opnemen

To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.

opnieuw

Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. [from 16thc.]

opnieuw aanstellen

(transitive) To restore to a former position or rank.

opnieuw opnemen

To photograph or film again.

opnieuw opstarten

(computing, ergative) To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure.

opnoemen

(transitive) To mention, specify.

opoe

(colloquial) A grandmother.

opoffering

A human being or an animal, or a physical object or immaterial thing (see sense 1.3), offered to a deity.

oponthoud

Stay; stop; delay.

opossum

Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.

oppakken

(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody. [from 14th c.]

oppas

A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.

opperarmbeen

(anatomy) The bone of the upper arm.

opperen

(by extension) To make or fabricate (especially a word or phrase).

opperheer

A ruler of other rulers.

opperhoofd

A leader of a clan or tribe.

oppermacht

An overwhelming force. [from late 19th c.]

oppermachtige

Dominant, having power over all others.

opperst

Dominant, having power over all others.

opperste

(often, postpositive) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.

oppervlak

The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

oppervlakkig

Hasty or superficial.

oppervlakte

(mathematics) A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units.

oppervlaktespanning

(physics) the effect on the surface of a liquid that makes it behave as a stretched elastic membrane; it is caused by unbalanced intermolecular forces

oppiepen

(transitive, telecommunications, dated) To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.

oppikken

To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.

oppoetsen

To polish and make shiny by rubbing.

opponeerbaar

Capable of being placed opposite something else.

opponent

One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.

opporren

To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.

opportunisme

(uncountable) The quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

opportunist

Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.

opportuniste

Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.

opportunistisch

Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles.

opportuun

Appropriate, apt, fitting.

oppotten

(transitive) To amass, usually for one's own private collection.

opprikken

(transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents.

oprecht

In good faith; sincere; without deception or ulterior motive.

oprechtheid

The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

oprichten

(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.

oprichter

One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).

oprichting

The establishment of something.

oprijen

(intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.

oprijlaan

A driveway.

oprijzen

The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.

oprit

A driveway.

oproep

A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.

oproep te wapen

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

oproepen

(transitive) To summon (a devil, etc.) using supernatural power.

oproeping

The act of calling or assembling by summons.

oproer

Rumour or complaint.

oproeren

(transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.

oproerkraaier

(figurative) An argumentative troublemaker or revolutionary; one who agitates against the status quo.

oprollen

To wind on a reel.

opruiend

Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

opruiing

A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

opruimen

(transitive) To tidy up, make a place neat.

Ops

(Roman god) The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.

opschalen

(transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

opschepen

(often, passive) Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.

opscheppen

(intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

opschorten

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

opschorting

Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]

opschrift

A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

opschrijven

(of things) To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).

opschrikken

(intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.

opschroeven

(transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.

opschuimen

(transitive) To create froth in (a liquid).

opschuiven

To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.

opslaan

(transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.

opslag

(US) Ellipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).

opslagplaats

(military) A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.

opslagruimte

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

opslokken

To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf (often used with up)

opslorping

(legal) An absorption of one or more estate(s) or contract(s) into one other, all being held by the same owner; of several counts of accusation into one judgement, etc.

opsluiten

(transitive) To cloister, confine, imprison or hole up: to lock someone up or seclude oneself behind walls.

opsluiten in een kooi

(transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.

opsmukken

To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.

opsommen

To determine the amount of.

opsomming

The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.

opspannen

(transitive) To make tense.

opspelen

(intransitive, US, informal) To talk, to talk back.

opsplitsing

(uncountable) Detailed categorization, or itemization or listing, of the components of a thing; (countable) an instance of this.

opsporen

An act of tracing.

opspringen

To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.

opstaan

(intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.

opstand

(uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.

opstandeling

One of several people who take up arms against the local state authority; a participant in insurgency.

opstandig

Rebellious, opposing authority.

opstandigheid

The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.

opstanding

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

opstapelen

(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

opstapeling

(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.

opstappen

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

opstart

(computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.

opstarten

(computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.

opstarting

The act or process of starting a process or machine.

opstel

(publishing) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

opstellen

(intransitive) To construct or draw up a budget.

opsteller

One who composes; an author.

opstelling

(aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.

opstijgen

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

opstoker

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

opstoot

A row, fight.

opstopping

An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.

opsturen

(transitive, ditransitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

optekenen

To create an indication of (a location).

optellen

(intransitive, mathematics) To perform the arithmetical operation of addition.

optelling

(uncountable, arithmetic) The arithmetic operation of adding.

optica

(physics) The physics of light and vision: basic optical science.

optie

(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.

optiek

(physics) The physics of light and vision: basic optical science.

optillen

To lift or lift up (something, especially a heavy object).

optimalisatie

The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.

optimaliseren

(transitive) To make (something) optimal.

optioneel

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

optisch

regarding or using optics

optocht

An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.

optometrist

A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.

optreden

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

optrekken

(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach. [from 16th c.]

optuigen

(transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.

opvallend

To a wonder-inspiring extent.

opvangen

(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.

opvaren

(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.

opvarende

(countable) A paying passenger, especially in a taxi.

opvatting

Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).

opvliegen

(intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

opvliegend

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

opvoeden

To raise or rear (children).

opvoeding

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

opvoedkunde

The profession of teaching.

opvoedkundig

Of, or relating to education.

opvoeren

(intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.

opvolgen

(US) The second in a series, especially, the second of an artist’s albums or the second of four years in a high school (tenth grade) or university.

opvolger

The heir to a throne.

opvolgster

A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.

opvreten

(transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.

opvrolijken

(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.